Banner on Lurie: 'We accomplished a lot of great things together'

Summary of 2 articles · Updated May 18, 2014

"We accomplished a lot of great things together, have some incredible memories with each other," Banner said. For 18 of Jeffrey Lurie's 20 years as Eagles owner, his childhood friend Joe Banner was a key part of the organization. Banner said that the publ… (more)ic "misperceptions" of his relationship with Lurie are frustrating. Banner left in 2012 to become the CEO of the Cleveland Browns and is no longer in football. The City Hall courtyard filled with 1,000 people on May 17, 1994, to celebrate Jeffrey Lurie's introduction as owner of the Eagles. "I do think there was a little roughness as I exited, but almost 19 years we had together was amongst the longest partnerships of that nature in professional sports. "There's so many things from where the franchise was to where the franchise is, and probably will continue to be, for the city to feel great about."

After 20 years, Lurie still driven to take Eagles to top

The City Hall courtyard filled with 1,000 people on May 17, 1994, to celebrate Jeffrey Lurie's introduction as owner of the Eagles. Mayor Ed Rendell and Eagles players, Mummers, cheerleaders, season-ticket-holders, and the Keystone jazz band all welcome…